Chapter 381: Reckoning
The word dream is actually very necessary, and there are many times when we have no hope, no hope, no hope, and no hope, dream is the pillar of our survival. And at this time, in a sense, dreams have become people's hope, hope and hope.
Only in the center of this economic crisis can you feel the deep despair, the government is bailing out the market, but unfortunately it has no effect at all, unemployment, mortgages, all kinds of loans, all this has not changed.
Lin Fan looked at his watch, and then looked at Klingbeck who came from a distance, "Although it is not appropriate to say this, I have to say that Mr. Baker is five minutes late." ”
"This is my castle, is there such a thing as being late in your own house?"
"So I brought a Chinese Chongyang cake, which we just had over the Chung Yeung Festival. ”
"Lin, don't think I don't understand Chinese culture, the Double Ninth Festival is on September 9th, and now it's October, your pastry won't expire, right?"
The two immediately laughed, and Lin Fan and Zhang Mu took the camera car provided by Baker's men and galloped on the grass together. In fact, the camera car is the originator of the balance car in later generations, created by the American inventor Dienka in 2001, and was praised as an epoch-making invention by Jobs, but because of the high cost, the use is unknown, and it has not been favored by the market until now. The speed of the car was kept very slow, because the two of them had important things to discuss.
"You must know about the $700 billion bailout issued by the U.S. government on October 3, right?"
"Of course, after all, most of my net worth is in the United States now. ”
"I can tell you very clearly that this is useless, for us this bailout money is just a left-hand to right-hand money, but it is a good opportunity for you, and we have unanimously decided that now is the best opportunity for you to take a stake in the Pacific Railroad. In today's increasingly economic crisis, you are buying in the United States. ”
Lin Fan silently said that Baker had not yet said a word, the money flowed from his left hand to his right hand, but it was the taxpayer who paid the bill. The big companies bailed out by the government are actually controlled by the big conglomerates, and this is just a game played under the control of the conglomerates.
"Since we all feel that it is necessary to take a stake in the Pacific Railroad, it is not a problem sooner or later, but I may not be able to come up with that much money. ”
An inexplicable smile flashed at the corner of Baker's mouth, nonsense, of course we know you can't take it out. According to their speculation, Lin Fan earned a maximum of $55 billion under this economic crisis, and now he has a maximum of $5 billion left in his hands. Morgan and the others hope to spend the cash in Lin Fan's hands, and at the same time, they also hope that Lin Fan can focus on the media career and not involve industry. After all, it is not an empty phrase that industry is king, and it is quite terrible to control basic resources. Because they have always done this, they prefer Lin Fan to focus on other industries.
There are three benefits to letting Lin Fan take a stake in the Pacific Railway, the first is to help Lin Fan increase his popularity, and the second is to cash out, after all, the three major families have accumulated more than 100 years of real estate, and there is not much liquid capital, and as long as the things in their hands are sold, they will lose money. The third is to give Lin Fan the illusion that the industry depends on money, and makes Lin Fan feel that it is far less fast than the Internet to make money, so that he concentrates on the field of new technologies.
As for the 10% of the shares traded, it is not a big problem for the Hill family, the Hill family controls the Pacific Railway through a holding company, and Lin Fan will only become the majority shareholder on the surface, and in fact it is still controlled by the Hill family.
"We can provide you with a loan. Saying this, Baker was even more pleased, the best way to control Lin Fan was to be able to invest in Lin Fan's company. "You can use your company as collateral and we'll give you a good price. It's just that there is a sentence that Baker didn't say, and Lin Fan had better not be able to do it.
"At Pacific Railroad's stock price today, I would have paid $8.7 billion to buy 10 percent of the shares, but I only have $4.7 billion. ”
"It doesn't matter, you can use your company as collateral through JPMorgan Chase, and we can provide you with interest-free loans, which we have always been very generous to our allies. ”
"And how long will it take me to pay it back?"
"Five years, five years is enough. ”
Lin Fan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "If it is said that it will be repaid in five years, it is somewhat possible." ”
Baker couldn't help but secretly rejoice when he heard this, as long as we use a little means, it will be impossible for you to complete it, and then your property will be mortgaged to us, "We are more optimistic about your mortal mall, four billion dollars, we want twenty percent of mortal security and forty percent of the shares of mortal mall as collateral." In this sentence, Baker was lied, and now the mortal mall is dominant in Huaxia, which is completely different from another Amazon's valuation of tens of billions, and it will definitely be worth this price in the future.
"Are you sure you value the mortal mall at eight billion dollars?" Lin Fan didn't panic at all, anyway, he had forty billion dollars in his hand, so he might as well take a look at the small plans of Baker and the others, so his tone was very flat.
"Of course, we have full confidence in your company. ”
"Well, then I don't have an opinion. ”
Beck's heart suddenly settled when he heard this, seeing that Lin Fan was about to enter the urn, five years later, maybe Lin Fan would be at their mercy if the situation tended to be five years later. And they will definitely let Lin Fan fall deeper and deeper, who made the word trust not exist in this world at all?
"Have you figured out what you want to buy?"
"What do you recommend Mr. Baker?"
"Of course, we have put a lot of effort into your industrial layout. If you want to set up an Internet kingdom, then you have basically succeeded, antivirus, office, browser, input method you are already doing, I heard that you are still developing search engines, as long as it develops, your Internet kingdom has unlimited potential. ”
"I'd think Mr. Baker was pouring ecstasy on me. ”
"The more real things are, the less credible they sound. ”
"Well, Mr. Baker has a very good way of complimenting people. ”
Baker laughed, got out of the car, took the water handed by the bodyguard, and sat cross-legged on the grass, "But your entertainment kingdom is not qualified enough, and you still lack an effective weapon." ”
"Media?"
"Bingo, celebrities, or anything else you have to be known through the media, but right now you don't have anything but NBCUniversal, you need portals, print media or other emerging media. ”
"Portals have been abandoned by the times, and I have always been interested in print media, but unless the circulation of this paper media is large enough to affect its users to develop a habit of subscribing, it simply cannot compete with the outdated online media. Then again, everything that ranks among the top few in terms of circulation belongs to a large media group, so how can it be easily acquired?"
Baker smiled mysteriously, "If there is no difficult thing, how can we prove our ability?"
"Do you have a way?"
"Wait for my good news. ”